NotifyIcon without a MainWindow

[JustArion]

Is it possible to generate a NotifyIcon without the MainWindow being shown in a noticeable way. I looked through some of the code and it seems to rely on hooking into a window's message procs. Is there a recommended approach to having a NotifyIcon without a visible window tied to it.

[JustArion]

I have tried creating a Window with WindowState="Minimized" but the obvious issue with it is there's an icon in the taskbar.
If I add ShowInTaskbar="False" it shows a partial window at the bottom left.

[TheJoeFin]

One solution I am trying is to make a window which holds the NotifyIcon. To hide the window there are a few tricks I'm doing:

• WindowStyle="ToolWindow" (keeps the window out of Alt+Tab)
• OnActivated(...) { Hide(); } (this will always hide the window any time it is shown like when the icon is clicked)
• ShowInTaskbar="False" (you knew this one already)

Right now I'm experimenting with this and will let you know how it goes.